Ma, on Wednesday, addressed hundreds of teachers at an online conference. The conference is part of an annual event Ma hosts to recognise the efforts of rural educators

Jack Ma missing: Reports stated that he has been 'embracing supervision' at an undisclosed location, fuelling speculation that he has been placed under house arrest or has been arrested

The decision to stop what would have been the world's largest ever IPO, came days after the fintech giant's billionaire founder Jack Ma launched a public attack on the country's financial watchdogs and banks

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The Shanghai Stock Exchange in a statement said that Ant Group's listing on its STAR Market has been halted due to the company's inability to meet recent changes in the financial technology regulatory environment

Ant Group's co-founder Jack Ma and senior executives Eric Jing and Hu Xiaoming appeared before Chinese regulators in a rare joint meeting on Monday

Gland Pharma IPO: The IPO comprises of fresh issue of shares worth up to Rs 1,250 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of a little over 3.4 crore shares

Investors, both retail and institutional, are rushing to buy into Ant, which operates China's biggest payments platform and other financial services, despite risks of greater scrutiny at home and abroad

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Backed by Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba Group Holding, the initial public offering (IPO) of Ant Group is  the world's largest

The dual listing, a first for Shanghai's Nasdaq-style STAR Market and Hong Kong, would value Ant at about $312 billion before a so-called greenshoe option for a 15% overallotment of shares

This could be the world's largest IPO, surpassing the record set by Saudi Aramco's $29.4 billion float last December. It would also be the first simultaneous listing in Hong Kong and the STAR Market in Shanghai

The financial technology giant plans to list simultaneously in Hong Kong and on Shanghai's STAR Market, in what could be the world's largest IPO

The move comes as China hardliners in the Trump administration are seeking to send a message to deter U.S. investors from taking part in the initial public offering for Ant Group

The financial technology firm, backed by China's biggest e-commerce company Alibaba Group, plans to list simultaneously on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style STAR Market and in Hong Kong, in what could be the world's largest IPO and come as soon as October

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Ant, backed by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, plans to do a simultaneous listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, in what sources have said could be the world's largest IPO and come as soon as October

Billionaire Jack Ma's Ant Group has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong and Shanghai

The company will list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's (SSE) STAR board and on the Hong Kong stock exchange (SEHK)